#8A6CB0#8A6CB0

#8A6CB0 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.106 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CB0
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 176)
HSL	hsl(266, 30%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 39%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 38.6%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 25.85, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 41.01, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% 0.0587 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.106 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6786, 19.2630, 43.5366)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CB0 #92B06C

analogous

#6C70B0 #8A6CB0 #AC6CB0

triadic

#8A6CB0 #B08A6C #6CB08A

tetradic

#8A6CB0 #B06C70 #92B06C #6CB0AC

square

#8A6CB0 #B06C70 #92B06C #6CB0AC

split-complementary

#8A6CB0 #B0AC6C #70B06C

monochromatic

#4E3869 #6B4E91 #8A6CB0 #AA94C5 #C9BCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8A6CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8A6CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CB0

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CB0	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C79B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6279AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.106 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96c8',
    500: '#8a6cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cb0;
$custom-light: #ad96c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 30.088,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58785,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CB0

secondary

#BECAAE

accent

#C6619A

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CB0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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